Media

Arbitron Inc. announced that it will resume the commercialization of its Portable People Meter radio ratings service in eight markets.

The Email Experience Council (eec), the email marketing arm of the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), announced the release of its “Retail Email Rendering Benchmark Study.” The new study examines the email design practices of 104 top online retailers tracked via RetailEmail.Blogspot , and examines their performance in an images-off email environment. It also includes the results of a survey of 472 marketers regarding rendering issues, conducted in conjunction with SubscriberMail, the sponsor of this study.

But consumers still spend most time with TV

TV is still the viewing method of choice, but the amount of time spent watching video on PCs appears to be growing.

Fútbol de Primera announced that it has obtained the exclusive U.S. Spanish-language radio rights for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Next summer, FDP will carry all of the excitement of the highly-anticipated tournament on its Radio Network of 85 affiliate stations, including a record 25 FMs, covering almost 90% of the Hispanic market in the U.S.

Raul Alarcon Sr., founder and Director Emeritus of Spanish Broadcasting System, has died.

Alarcon, a pioneer in Spanish-language broadcasting, left Cuba, and the radio company he had founded there, following Fidel Castro’s rise to power. He re-established his radio career in the United States, and in 1983, he purchased his first radio station.

Spanish-language radio broadcasters Spanish Broadcasting System, Entravision Communications Corporation, Univision Communications and Border Media Partners have formed an industry-focused committee to voice concerns about Arbitron’s proposed rollout of the Portable People Meter (PPM) and the potentially harmful impact it could have on the Hispanic marketplace. The newly created group has been named the Spanish Radio Association (“SRA”).

Buying power, income on the rise

Call them Generation Y, millennials or whatever you choose. Just don’t ignore them.

Postal mail still gets results, too

Text and instant messaging are fine for friends, but not for marketers.

That was the main finding of ExactTarget’s “2008 Channel Preference Survey.”